By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assessment of higher education through the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, vacant staff positions across universities and growing influence of the IT in education sector were some of the scores of several key issues discussed at the national seminar on ‘Changing Scenario in Academic Performance & Audit’ organized during the second North East Teachers Congress (NETC).
The resource persons, noted educationists and experts also advocated for the need of inter-university collaboration for the betterment of students at the seminar, organised by the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya in association with Regional Institute of Science and Technology & CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat held recently at 9th Mile Meghalaya.
Dignitaries releasing the USTM Newsletter during the National Seminar of North East Teachers’ Congress-2014 organized by University of Science & Technology, Meghalaya
The Congress was attended by around 500 College Teachers from the North Eastern states.
The seminar was attended by eminent scientists and academicians from North East and national level including Pro G D Sharma, Vice Chancellor of Bilaspur University; Prof Bolin Kr Konwar, Vice Chancellor of Nagaland University; Prof B C Goswami, Director of Academic Staff College, GU; Dr D D Ozha, Senior Scientist, Ground Water Dept from Jodhpur; Dr R M Pant, Director of NIRD and many other renowned personalities from the academic fraternity of the region.
Prof Konwar appealed for a strong inter-university collaboration and developing advanced and common infrastructure with the help of the government for the benefit of all students. “The inter-university collaboration with the help of the respective governments will also open new avenues for the students in the days to come,” Konwar said.
Addressing faculty members of higher education institutions, Prof Sharma expressed concern at nearly 30 % posts of faculty lying vacant in such institutions. Stressing the need to update the curriculum on a regular basis, he said it was awful that in some universities, curriculum contents were not updated even in 10 years.
Professor BC Goswami, Director of Academic Staff College, Gauhati University, stressed upon channelising the growing population of India’s youth by proper education and training. He also threw light on some of the key points of assessment of higher education through the National Assessment and Accreditation Council.
The organisers said, educational environments are changing rapidly as today’s generation of students grow up with technologies, such as video conferencing, power point presentations and other IT related skills as well as applications. “In this environment there is growing need for teachers to adapt to the changing work environment to make the education process more interesting and effective. In this context, NETC 2014 provided a platform for the teachers to deliberate, interact and enrich themselves,” they added.